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And what if Army beats ND and goes undefeated?

Kirby was fine with the system until it gave a result that didn’t favor him.

Yes. The B1G absolutely gave us the FU newbie schedule. No breaks and playing multiple teams coming off byes…but we made it.

B12 is awful this year. CU, BYU, and ASU were picked at (or near) the very bottom and look where they’re at, it’s not because they’re stellar. It’s almost the equivalent of Indiana, Purdue, and Northwestern being at the top of the B1G. CU got absolutely manhandled up front against Nebraska. I think they’re slightly improved over last year and always have a punchers chance with all those first round picks at skill positions, but until proven otherwise, there’s no way they’d win 3 straight against quality opponents IMO. That being said, it’s still impressive and FSU will notice.

They don’t produce guidelines because they don’t exist. It’s probably impossible to have a “league” with 130 teams and unequivocally determine who the best 12 truly are. How do you “prove” the 5th place team in the best league is better than the 2nd place team in the 4th best league when they don’t even have a common opponent? You can’t. You come up with what is probably the best 12, give a nod to a degree of broader inclusion in case you’re wrong, and call it close enough. Anyone asking for “the formula” is just politicking IMO.

Could be lucky, 3 close games we won because of NBC?

Beavis fans are going nuclear. Enjoy your bean-counting wars victory of 2024…it’s really making a huge difference.

All about the long game and OBD are ahead of the curve when it comes to adapting to this new paradigm IMO. It’s mid-November and if things go according to plan we still have 6 games to go. Let the Terps go…let the Terps go…

This is all hilarious to me. Every team not in the SEC or B1G (and I’m sure some within) thinks OBD are one of the kingpins in the rigged system. There’s always another boss.

I think most here agree Riley isn’t working out, it’s just hilarious for Finebaum to weigh in the way he did, his language choice is comical. Of course he wouldn’t play for any FBS program…he also wouldn’t bat 4th for the Dodgers, or accept an Emmy or Pulitzer.

Interesting take, but I wouldn’t advise rooting for the possibility of 2 late season losses in any way shape or form.

It could have been different (more interesting?) if the B12 and ACC didn’t collectively fall on their faces. Specifically, FSU, Utah, and Okie State completely failing was huge in this not being more controversial. Those 3 teams were all considered strong contenders to make the playoff and are a combined 2-19 in conference play. Nice timing guys!

Interesting to see that perspective. I'm not feeling the controversy myself overall. Both the ACC and B12 are hoping to get 2 in, but that will only happen if things break just right. Will anyone be shocked if it's: SEC - 4 or 5 B1G - 3 or 4 B12 - 1 ACC - 1 ND - 1 G5 - 1 That's been my expectation since they first announced expanding to 12.

Apparently, Brian Jones does have a lifetime 59% correct pick rate. Barney Rubble isn't far behind.

Silly season. DL may or may not be good at the NFL, but if he continues doing what he's doing, the NFL opportunity will always be an option. He likes where he's at and flat out doesn't seem like an NFL guy. In the "olden days", him leaving to get a once in a life-time payday may have been more of a concern, but that's pretty irrelevant now.

Weather forecasts much? People around the sports world seem to keep confusing Eugene for San Diego. Forecasts for Saturday: Madison, WI - H54, L40, 5% chance of rain Eugene, OR - H50, L36, 65% chance of rain San Diego, CA - H62, L49, no chance of anything foul, but this is the coldest day of the week! Of course people will counter with "but the wind", because rainy conditions in Eugene are generally wind free? These are fairly typical conditions for both places for mid-November I get it, there was like a 5% it could have been Hoth like, but it's not. Weather is not an alien thing to a team from Eugene. Will be hilarious if it snows in Eugene this week.

This. If a redshirt is even remotely in question I don’t read anything into who is subbing in.

Over performing and the B12 stinks. IMO, BYU isn’t some world beater, the rest of the conference just took multiple steps backwards. That being said, Prime actually has a shot at making the playoff with a program the won a single game 2 years ago. Just feels like the universe is aligning for him to bail on every front.

Not a good time to be going 1-11, if they fail again next season they could do long-term damage to the program. I don't think they'll hesitate to come up with $70M. Given Prime's track record of generating revenue at CU, that buyout is a parking ticket IMO.

Complete clash IMO. I’ll be pretty surprised if he’s not at FSU.

Best way to get rid of bias is to have the SEC not win it all for a few years in a row. Still won’t change the fact that they have a huge recruiting edge in their footprint.

No sweat

I have to ask, who is on the outside looking in, that should be in with this version of the bracket? Who would people move up in place of an SEC team? SMU? Colorado? This looks pretty accurate as of 11/12 IMO.

So FSU

Iowa scored 40+ a week ago on Bucky, what else needs to be said?